[cayugabirds-l] Summerhill-Bear Swamp

2010-10-31 Thread grosb...@clarityconnect.com
Hello all, Yesterday Dave McCart and I did some birding of Summerhill (I also covered Bear Swamp and Scott as well). Early morning there were many Cedar Waxwings, Robins, Blackbirds and Bluebirds moving. I did have PINE SISKINS at 5 different locations including ~40 at Bear Swamp, 12 on Lake

[cayugabirds-l] Saturday around the lake

2010-10-31 Thread Laura Stenzler
Hi all, Ton and I went around the lake yesterday, Saturday, for some birding. The wind was strong from the southwest all day. We started out on Stevenson Rd., in the area around the Pheasant Farm in Ithaca where there was a huge flock (200+) of mostly female REDWING BLACKBIRDS, with a few

[cayugabirds-l] Pine Siskins

2010-10-31 Thread grosb...@clarityconnect.com
Hello all, At least a handful of PINE SISKINS, and 3 male PURPLE FINCHES along with 40+ Goldfinches here at yard in Scott today. cheers, Matt mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology -

[cayugabirds-l] Stewart Park, Saturday afternoon

2010-10-31 Thread Dave Nutter
Inspired by Tim Lenz' report of 2 separate Black Scoters from East Shore Park, I biked over to Stewart Park. Indeed the southern BLACK SCOTER with the Aythya flock was visible. I hope it is still there, because it's a neat bird, neither the adult male with a yellow knob, nor the juvenile or female

[cayugabirds-l] pine siskins

2010-10-31 Thread Sara Jane Hymes
After having been gone on vacation for a period of time, and reading that Pine Siskins had returned to Ithaca, we are glad that we had our neighbor fill up our bird feeders while we were gone. The Siskins (3) were here in their glory this morning as we looked out the window at our feeder (off

[cayugabirds-l] loon watch, Sunday morning

2010-10-31 Thread Dave Nutter
This is a re-send; it apparently did not go through. Meanwhile I've just (2:30pm) gotten a rare bird alert from Tim Lenz of a PACIFIC LOON flying north toward Sheldrake Point.--Dave NutterThis morning (Sunday 31 October 2010) Bob McGuire, Stuart Krasnoff, I went to Taughannock point at dawn to

[cayugabirds-l] Black-crowned Night Heron in inlet behind Barnes and Noble

2010-10-31 Thread Paul Anderson
Inspired by the report from yesterday, I went looking and at 2:30 found a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron perched in a tree on the far side of the inlet directly behind Barnes and Noble. Nearby, by the entrance to Nate's Floral Estates was what I think was a Muscovy Duck. Happy